Combination girdle and pantie



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Patented Mu. 16, 1948 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE COMBINATION GIRDLE AND PANTIE .Aima S. MoAllilter, Morris, Minn.

Application December 28, 1844, Serial No. 570,159.

2 Claims. 1

The invention relates to an improved combination of girdle and pantie with crotch inset as a nether garment for womens wear; and has particular reference to its applicability as an undergarment short in men's wear.

The object of the invention resides in the production of an undergarment consisting of limited sectional members comprising a fitted abdominal girdle and pantie type leg reception means forming part thereof, and having integrally a part of.said leg portions 9. crotch member provided with access opening and closing means therefor.

A further object of the invention lies in the providing of a four-piece garment structure wherein each sectional part thereof is pro-cut in lines conforming to the contour of the body of the wearer thereof, and fashioned of material such as fabrics stretchable in predetermined directions for the purposes of ease and comfort.

In the following I describe the general embodiment of the invention, the features thereof being more clearly defined hereinafter in the claims appended hereto.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a front elevation of the garment illustrating the related parts thereof and inset crotch member therefor,

Figure 2 is a rear plan view of the garment showing the lines of attachment of the parts thereof and the position with relation thereto of the zipper opening and closing means for the crotch section of said garment,

Figure 3 is a front elevation of the garment showing a modified form of crotch panel insert and its zipper closure means therefor, and

Figure 4 is a face elevation of the garment on the form of a wearer thereof, depicting the fitting features thereof of the abdominal girdle portion therefor, the fitting curvature of the leg members thereof, and the natural disposition of the crotch panel section therefo with relation to the normal contour lines of the wearer thereof.

Corresponding numerals of reference indicate similarly designated parts throughout the several views of the drawings.

In the drawings, and with reference to the structure constituting the invention herein, 5 designates a nether garment comprising a main body section or abdominal girdle 8, with leg apertures I having elastic leg bands 8. and a fitting waist band 9 therefor, together with a crotch member section l0 separable at its center from the back to the front of said garment by means of access opening and closing zipper means i l, the

latter having the usual actuation clip I! therefor.

The body of garment l is form-fitting throughout and the several sections thereof are fastened together at their respective seams by means of tapes I3 therefor, and said waist band 9 may be either extensible or non-elastic, as may be required, and said abdominal sections thereof may be vented at I by means of flap II for utility purposes therefor.

The invention and its component structural fabrication may be applied to the garments employed as shorts in men's wear as well as for girdle-pantie combinations in women's wear, and

accordingly I do not limit its general uses to that of the class of nether garment as is defined.

The crotch panels ill of the garment are fabricated from an extensible fabric lending itself to roominess and comfort. and the adjustment features thereof are so related as to rmit of access replacement thereof without the displacement of said garment upon the body of the utilizer thereof, such parts being both expansive and adjustable for all utilitarian purposes thereof.

With reference to Figure 3 of the drawings, the garment structure therein corresponds generally to that of the article shown in Figure 1 thereof, and to that type of flat form-fitting crotch section I8 consisting of panels l1 having a zipper adjustment means is attached to and uniting said panels thereof as such crotch and adjusting member therefor.

The garment shown in Figure 4 of the drawin illustrates a modified form of crotch member l9 thereof, and includes a fabricated sack and/or pouch-like receptacle means 20 similarly provided with a zipper adjustment means 2i therefor.

The invention in its applied operation serves as a girdle and so-called pantie means to form a nether garment of a highly useful type, and produces, by reason of its mode of assembly. an allpurpose device as such, embodying features therein never heretofore attained.

It is apparent that materials such as extremely light weight fabric of waterproof texture, as. for example, treated silks. etc.. also that rubberized materials may be employed for the crotch section of the garment, without departure from the intent of the invention.

vWhat I claim is:

1. A nether garment as a combination girdle and panties comprising a front panel, a rear panel and side panels joined together along adjacent edges to form a form-fitting trunk-embracing portion, a pair of elastic bands each joined along a portion of its circumference to the lower edge or a side panel and adapted to encircle a leg of the wearer near the crotch and an extensible crotch panel Joined to the lower edges of the front and rear panels and to portions of the elastic bands remote from the Junctions of the elastic bands and the side panels. I

2. A nether garment as a combination girdle and panties comprising a. front panel, a rear panel and side panels Joined together along adjacent edges to form a form-fitting trunk-embracing portion, a pair of elastic bands each joined along a portion of its circumference to the lower edge of a side panel and adapted to encircle a leg of the wearer near the crotch andan extensible crotch panel Joined to the lower edges of the front and rear panels and to portions of the elastic bands remote from the Junctions of the elastic bands and the side panels, said crotch panel having a slit extending therethrough midway between the leg bands, said slit extending from the front panel to the rear panel, and a slide 5 fastener for closing said slit.

LIMA B. MCALLIB'IER.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this Patent:

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